- Clavus unizonalis
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Clavus unizonalis 
Apertural view of Clavus unizonalis Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Mollusca Class: Gastropoda (unranked): clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade NeogastropodaSuperfamily: Conoidea Family: Drilliidae Genus: Clavus Species: C. unizonalis Binomial name Clavus unizonalis
(Lamarck, 1822)Synonyms[1] - Pleurotoma unizonalis Lamarck, 1822
- Pleurotoma vidua Reeve, L.A., 1845
Clavus unizonalis, common name the one-zoned turrid, is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Drilliidae.[1]
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Description
The size of an adult shell varies between 15 mm and 26 mm. The shell is nodosely plicate, smooth, or with a few close revolving lines at the base. The color is whitish or yellowish white, the body whorl below the periphery chocolate, sometimes with a white band at the base. The color of the interior is chocolate, with an irregular white superior band. [2]
Distribution
This species occurs in the demersal zone of the tropical Indo-Pacific along Mozambique, Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia
References
- ^ a b Clavus unizonalis (Lamarck, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=433302 on 5 April 2010.
- ^ G.W. Tryon, Manual of Conchology vol. VI p. 185-186; 1884 (described as Drillia unizonalis)
- Tucker, J.K. 2004 Catalog of recent and fossil turrids (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Zootaxa 682:1-1295
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